My husband ended up back in the OR this evening because of an infected wound which is now being treated as flesh eating disease. He was crying when he came down the hall on the stretcher from the OR and a couple flubbed surgeon orders have only made matters worse for him. He was supposed to be discharged tomorrow but there's no chance of that. He had some bleeding issues in the OR and because of what they think is happening he will likely be back in the OR again this weekend. DH is beside himself to say the least - between the diagnosis and then 4 errors on the surgeons part (3 of which involve his medications). He was boiling mad when I left tonight and taking it out on the nurses who have to carry out the doctor's orders. When I left, I told them if he didn't settle to call me and I would go back up. I won't lie and admit that I am shook up by it all... medical know how is NOT a good thing in cases like this. I'll be ok - God is my strength and I will draw closer to Him. Please be praying for my husband's health... what a blow this has been.
Brenda, I have no words to help tonight other than prayers. I hope you both get some rest this evening. MT3
OK, I want to crumble now. I'm just getting back from visiting with DH this morning. His diabetic specialist was in to see him this morning (to adjust his insulins and talk about a couple things). As if the necrotizing fasciitis (flesh eating disease) wasn't enough, he was told this morning that the diabetic neuropathy has affected his heart to the point where his heart rate will always be between 83-88 (instead of 60-100 which is the normal adult range). This is why he had the abnormal ECG a couple weeks ago. He said the neuropathy will also result in a much earlier onset of Alzheimer's disease. My heart is broken and I'm barely coping at this point. This is an information overload to be dealing with and bluntly put, I'm too young to be a widow but it's a very real possibility right now. I don't know how much to tell the boys without putting them into a tail spin. God be my strength
I am so sorry. I will be praying for you and your dh. I will also pray that the doctors will have wisdom to help your dh.
Brenda.. you need to be strong for him right now.. I should say all them and yes sometimes you need a break too. Hang in there. We are here for ya girl. I remember when dh put me through it with cancer it wasn't good. He didn't do it once he had to do it twice. Its hard I told him look young man I am to young to raise these children alone and be a widow if you die I will dig you up and kill you myself now fight. Thank God he did I hope you all get through this.
Oh Brenda this is scary news! I will be praying for you and put a prayer request out to my friends also.
The surgeon was in to see him (finally) tonight and took off the old dressing. From the angle in which I was standing, it looked better than the last time I saw it but I'm not sure if he's clear of the infection yet or not (I couldn't see a lot and there still looked to be a little bit of questionable stuff there). At any rate, no surgery needed tonight Praise God !!! They're still blasting him with massive IV antibiotics and he's in better spirits tonight than he has been. He's had a lot of information to digest today and he's now regretting not looking after his diabetes sooner than he did. All he can do at this point is resolve to care enough now to look after it from this point on. I assume he'll be in the hospital for several more days until they know that he's ok. What a whirl wind this has been and we're riding through it ok. We both have our moments but we're ok and trusting God with this. Everything happens for a reason and I have to trust that God has a plan for this too. DH spoke to his manager this morning and he's waiting for short term disability papers to fill out to cover him while he's off work. I'm hoping to be able to go back to work on Tuesday but I'll take it one day at a time and see how he's doing then before I venture out.
my heart is breaking for ya dear! (((((((((((brenda)))))))))))))) prayers for you and your family! If there is anything we can do, please let us know dear!
DH called me when I was leaving church to say they were taking him back into the OR (this isn't a surprise, we knew this on Friday night) so I turned around and headed to the hospital. He's understandably upset and missing the boys so I'm home to get them and then head back up. When the surgeon looked at the wound last night, it looked better than the last time I saw it but I was looking from an awkward angle so I'm not 100% sure. They'll look at it under better lighting to make sure it's healing ok and to make sure they controlled the bleeding from Friday night. Please continue to pray for him. I'll update again later